Until the Violence Stops Festival NE OH

I wrote a few of the monologues and will be performing in this!!!!! Come support an important cause.

In light of too many tragic headlines of domestic violence this year in my area, I was inspired to become involved in this festival. Now, unfortunately my city becomes the next to be engulfed in a flurry of national media attention as yet another young pregnant woman is missing. Jessie Davis's disappearance has reaffirmed why we need this kind of awareness.

I hope anyone who is close to us comes to the festival event. We need to make Canton a safe place for women and girls. For more info on the festival, which takes place all across NE Ohio until July 1st, please visit UTVS

Thanks to

The Players Guild of Canton
the Spider Lilies
The Canton Art Museum
The Domestic Violence Project

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Anna's Dedication Ceremony

Sunday Anna was dedicated. Child Dedication is the Unitarian Universalist celebration of a new life. The ceremony welcomes that life into the congregation, and all present vow to nurture the child on their life's spiritual journey.


My church is still finalizing the sale of their/our new home, so they suggested we do the dedication at a local park. They have another service annually called Flower Communion, where each person brings a flower to share, and takes another home. It seemed a perfect match as the UU child dedication involves blessing the child with a rose dipped in water.


There is an important reason we wanted to dedicate Anna. As you know, ours is a blended family. When Rick and I were married in March of 2005, during the ceremony we lit a family unity candle with the kids to symbolize each of our individual commitment to our new family. We have done a pretty good job of blending, but when Anna came into our lives in December of that same year, she added another level of love and commitment for each of us. She is the gift of life and love that we all share mutually. With Anna she is "OUR daughter...OUR sister." There is no "my daughter" or "your sons", no "STEP" sister or brother involved in reference to her. She is such a blessing for each of us.





We honored the older kids again in this ceremony, by having them state their commitment as big siblings and mentors to Anna, and to helping Rick and I nurture her physically, emotionally and spiritually on her life's journey. In keeping with the flower communion/ dedication service, our older kids each brought a starter herb plant that they placed together in one pot, with a starter herb of Anna's. The herbs the kids chose were Rosemary (Tanner's-for remembrance,) Thyme (Adri's for Strength and Courage,) Lavender (Noah's for Love and Devotion,) and Sage (Anna's for virtue.)We will plant this herb garden along with some others (especially lemon balm and mint which my grandmother grew wild in her garden when I was a child.) We will nurture it as something that will continue to grow with and represent our family.

I am profoundly grateful to our family, friends, congregation, and Rev. Wayne for making this such a beautiful occasion. A special thank-you to Rick's mom for driving alone for 6 + hours in a thunderstorm to be here with us, and to Diane and Mike for the beautiful pictures (you see here) and video.



The service was lovely. This is a long post so bare with please. It is well worth the read :)



A CEREMONY OF CHILD DEDICATION
For ANNA ELIZABETH
June 3, 2005
By Rev. Wayne

From the beginning of time, men and women have brought their children to worshipping communities for dedication. In the presence of the congregation, children have been given names and parents have declared their responsibilities for them.


We perform this ceremony publicly to declare that all of us, as parents and as representatives of this religious community, share in the responsibility for the care and development of all children. It is our task to give them a world of peace and justice in which to grow. It is our task to help them to understand our ideals and hopes, and to help them choose their own.
Will Rick and Jennifer come forward now with their children Tanner, Adrienne, and Noah, and with their new daughter whom they all wish to dedicate.




(Family comes forward)The rose, still in bud holds the promise of the full flower, just as your young life will unfold in the coming years, as you grow in wisdom, and in love. The growing plants brought by these children represent the common garden of this family that all of them now share.

Today all of us dedicate ourselves to the task of nourishing the beauty and freshness and wonder of you and of all children.

We use flowers and water in this ceremony. These time honored symbols remind us of the beauty and wonder and freshness of life.

Water is an ancient symbol that represents our hope that your life may be pure and that your thoughts may be clear. The rose, still in bud, holds the nourishing the beauty and freshness and wonder of you and of all children.



TO THE PARENTS
Jennifer and Rick , As parents your responsibility is first and greatest. Each child is unique, with a dignity and life of his or her own. Will you, as parents of this child, respect and honor her as an individual and pledge to the best of your abilities to guide her towards truth, righteousness and love in her own search for God?

Parents respond, "We Will"





[At this point we put a very fussy Anna down and she took off through the pavilion. Rev.Wayne didn't miss a beat.




He said, "Well there she goes to start searching for God right now!"]








TO THE GRANDPARENTS
This child has been blessed with loving grandparents. Helen, Jim, and Jane, you represent to this child her historical dwelling, her ancestry and lineage .
















You are her anchors, the thick trunk of the tree of life on which she grows. Are you all willing to help this child grow in wisdom and strength, so that she may discover her own values, dreams, and destiny in the community of humankind?









The grandparents respond: We are.














To the SIBLINGS





















Tanner, Adrienne and Noah
Do you each promise to love your sister and to help your sister grow up to be a good person?
Siblings respond,"Yes, I do."















TO THE CONGREGATION

























"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots, the other, wings." As
members of this religious community, will you now pledge to encourage this child to play on the earth with joy and walk gently on this land of ours, well-rooted in herself, in her family, and in her church community? Will you give her both the freedom and support she needs to let her fly, so that she may grow in wisdom and strength, so that she may discover his own values, dreams, and destiny in the community of humankind? If so, please answer. WE WILL.



What name have you chosen for this child?

Parents, "Anna Elizabeth."


Anna Elizabeth, I touch you with water and welcome you into the stream of life, and dedicate you to the service of truth and love. May your life unfold in beauty, as the bud holds the promise of full and fragrant bloom.







By these names you have been called and to them you have responded. It is our hope that you will wear your name in honor and in peace and in courage throughout your life, and that all others will come to look upon your name and find it blessed.

We give you a certificate so that you may remember this day and the love and concern. We rejoice in your presence among us. May you always find blessings in life. May you have joy in listening and joy in singing; joy in hearing and joy in seeing; joy in thinking and joy in learning. May your hours be forever bright in play and in work, in friendship and in love.










Gifting of a baby blanket
Diane (to the parents—)"A church gains its focus from its leaders, but its warmth comes from its community.As a mother in this community, I welcome this child into the warmth and care of this congregation, and present her with a blanket that she may be daily warmed by the tangible reminder of their connection to this church."




















Now as we end this service of dedication, we turn towards the future. May this sweet life, which we have dedicated this day to such high ideals receive abundantly the blessings of health, love, knowledge, and wisdom, and in its turn give richly back to the common heritage that endures from generation to generation.

May, June, July, and August are CRAZY!!!!

So... this is why I'm not posting lately (thanks Gareth for reminding me that it's now June and Mother's Day was my last brief post.)

This week is the kids last week of school. This weekend my mother-in-law is coming up because we are having a child dedication ceremony (UU equivalent to Christening) for Anna. I am really excited and it is going to be lovely at a local park. My church is having it's potluck afterward so we are bringing cake to celebrate!

But, back to why this event is just one in a sea of craziness as far as social/family/creative events go.

I am on the committee to produce NE Ohio's Until the Violence Stops Festival as well as co-planning an event in my area as well as acting in said event. It is on June 23rd because that's when everyone ELSE could do it!!!! I have to go to my niece's graduation party that afternoon, and I had to pass on my sister-in-law's reception, my dear DG's B-day party, another friend's play reading for a new play he wrote, and originally I gave up a vacation that week for the aforementioned reception. So could someone tell me what is in my astrology chart on flippin' June 23rd that EVERY single event had to coincide???? Everyone keeps inviting me to things and inevitably they finish the invite with "on June 23rd!"

Geesh.

But then there's more. I'm taking my oldest son on a little trip for his 13th birthday this month. The next week is the event I'm in/planning. Then the next week we have my family reunion. Then in July we are headed to NJ again to visit Rick's family. THEN we are headed to Ocean City for our first ever blended family vacation. THEN in August we are hosting a big family event for Rick's NJ relatives.

I can't wait for school to start ;)

Z

Happy Mother's Day everyone!!!!!

Anna in Action

Anna working with Dad on the computer























Anna as Cindy Lou Who

Our New Livingroom

Well we are finally replacing the "yours, mine, and ours" hodge-podge of household furnishings we brought to our marriage with just plain "ours."

Here's the first major purchase. Ours will have two sofas and an extra seat making up the sectional and the chaise section will stand alone in a corner.




We also bought this:

It's functional as well as fashionable. The two sections have storage, plus the lids flip over and are wooden trays on the other side. We wanted an ottoman that could serve as a coffee table as well. That way we don't have to worry about stitches in Anna's chin. Well...at least not from the coffee table.

I must say once again I am amazed by Rick and my ability to go to 5 different furniture stores in 3 days, sometimes with four kids, sometimes only two and ALWAYS with one incredibly patient baby... and not have one argument. We compromised beautifully on all of this. It's a functional, comfortable sectional (a favorite among men and kids for lounging around watching sports and movies) in a sleek and more contemporary design (that's for me) rather than an overstuffed lazy boy sectional (which are high on the functional/comfortable scale but....well I have just never come to appreciate the whole lazy boy fashion trend...umm... if one could call it 'fashion'.)

So we will have our new living room in about 3 weeks.

That will mean delivery people. Ahhh... the fly in the ointment of being the stay at home parent. All repair/delivery type people fall into my domain. Several furniture purchases ago I bought something (quite bright and overstuffed) that was damaged during delivery. I contacted the store (Value City) and requested they come out and repair the fabric. I ended up setting up two different days, with me having to use a vacation day each time because they wouldn't narrow down even which half a day for me. Then both times, the night before the appointment they called when I wasn't home yet and without speaking to me or leaving a message canceled the order because I hadn't been home to confirm it. Both times I had no idea they called and stayed home all day wasting my vacation time. And both times no one showed. I called in and was told "You canceled the order yesterday." I didn't! Because I wasn't home to talk to anyone when you called me!

The second time I told them I wanted to return my furniture. It wasn't in our house 90 days yet, so they came back and got it. Now let me just say I have been a sales person before (a puppy pusher in a pet store of all things.) And here's the other reason I won't shop at Value City anymore. My mom's friend sold us the furniture. We had it for 2 months. When we returned it because of their crappy repair staff, Value City took back my mom's friend's commission. I had never heard of such a thing. Maybe if we had canceled the order or refused it at delivery. But we had it TWO months and she gets money ripped back out of her paycheck.

I hate dealing with people like that. That would be like the tree man in the next story taking the money back he paid the workers after I didn't pay for the trees they trimmed. But I am ahead of myself (wow- that's different! Usually I'm digressing!)


When I was single many eons ago I had a run in with a very unprofessional tree trimmer. After the initial trim, I was unhappy with one limb left hanging very low in the front yard, and the lack of trimming near my power lines in the backyard (which was the reason I hired someone rather than let me 60 year old dad climb a ladder to do it.) We played phone tag for a week, including him becoming increasingly rude to me on my answering machine with comments like, "I have never had such a hard time getting a hold of someone. You are extremely difficult to reach." So he took it upon himself to have the crew come back without my being there and trimmed off any limb my children could have climbed on every single tree in my front yard. They took down a bird feeder I had and some Halloween decorations that were in the trees. They also still did not at all trim the tree I specifically requested due to it's proximity to the power lines in the back yard. I cried when I saw my butchered trees and immediately called an attorney friend I knew for advice. He said, "Do not pay another penny. Offer to let him keep your deposit. If he says that's not good enough then don't discuss it further. The worst he could do is put a lien on your home which will cost him more than your balance anyway."

So I did just that. One night he confronted me on my porch in front of my children. He told me he would give me fifty more bucks off my balance even though the "miscommunication" we had was my fault. Ummm...MIScommunication???? We DIDN'T communicate because I was "so difficult to get a hold of." When he threatened me with the lien against my house, I relayed what my attorney told me. As soon as the word "attorney" came out of my mouth he became very angry and said, " I have done work for several people who work with you. They are good, respectable people there. You don't deserve to work there. You're just trying to be 'cute' because you're a woman so you won't have to pay. "

I sat on my porch and watched in stunned silence as he walked away. Then I realized that he was right about one of us expecting my being a woman to weigh in their favor, and it wasn't me. He expected to bully me into paying for the job. If I were a man he would have NEVER talked to me that way. The owner of that place (different from the estimate guy who verbally assaulted me) called four months later and left a message on my machine asking me to call to set up a payment. My attorney friend told me they only had 90 days to file the lien. He said not to respond and if they pressed he would write a letter indicating harassment. Luckily,. I never heard from them again. But it did make me hesitate to hire a cheaper smaller business for stuff like that in the future. I really felt like this guy was unstable, knew where I lived, had a beef with me, and knew I lived alone.

My only other "cheap" unknown guy was my furnace "repair man." Or should I say the "I will keep guessing at what's wrong charging you 60 bucks a visit until I eventually figure it out or make you wonder if it would be cheaper to install a whole new unit- whichever comes first" man. With my furnace under his care I could count on several space heaters being required a week or two every winter. Finally my ex-husband became concerned about the boys and I not having heat and he and a friend (who originally installed it for us) took over maintenance on it. Believe it or not I prefer to have my ex come in and fix something over a repairman off the street any day. I can leave him a key and trust him in my home. And he does better work at a more reasonable price than anyone else too. I know that's too weird for most of you out there. But it works for us just fine, thank you very much :)

So at least now I do have Rick when strange repair people push me around. For some frustrating reason, all of them do seem to respond better to a male voice of "authority."

Although I must say that the elderly German salesclerk at Sofa Express last night kept asking me to come back so she could talk to me instead of Rick. It never happens when he's talking to me, no matter how chatty I am or how much I interrupt him during a conversation, but Rick's tolerance deteriorates anytime someone else does it. And in all fairness, she did keep interrupting while he was trying to crunch measurements to figure out which pieces of the sectional we needed. So every time I went to search for fabrics for our throw pillows, the clerk would come over, fawn over Anna, then politely say, "Could you come back over to the sectional for a moment? I think your husband is not ordering the right thing." Then after we figured out what the miscommunication was between them, I would say, "OK, I can go back over to the fabric right? You don't need me here do you?" Rick would look at the clerk annoyed that she brought me into it and say, "No, we're fine over here. You can get back to picking out the fabric if you want so we can wrap this up soon." But the sales clerk would say, "Ummm...well... no. I think you should stay....I think we could use your help a little bit more."

So I am in fact good for something when it comes to purchases :)

Happy Easter

Here are some pics of Anna's first pigtails. I took them last week when it reached 83 degrees (Fahrenheit of course!) Today it was a WHITE Easter! So the pics I took of our family Easter today were not as "springy".

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

Z

Proud Zen

Just wanted to share another exciting tidbit. This isn't the big news I've been teasing you all with. Still a few weeks away from full disclosure on that one ;)

BUT.... today Rick, the kids and I met Rick's parents at Gahanna Lincoln High School (Rick's Alma mater.) We were there to honor my husband who was chosen to be inducted into their Alumni Hall of Fame. I am very proud. I had never heard of this honor before. Likely because of my mediocre appearance for a couple years at MY Alma mater. Pretty sure I would only get that call if I discovered something of great importance in the world, or wrote the next great American novel. And then... well I'm sure they might actually call after they got done saying, "She went to school here????? Really???? I don't remember her at all!!!!!"



This is the picture (taken of him in Kuwait) that I picked to send in to have on his plaque in their Hall of Fame. It is one of my favorites.

Ironically, it is also the one that he had on his yahoo personals ad that made me originally put him directly into my delete bin when he first contacted me. That was the liberal theatre major in me. In the Army???? DELETE. Do not pass go-do not collect two hundred dollars. Of course once I started dating him this was one of the pics I proudly displayed on my desk at work because it was the envy of every single well.... um... SINGLE woman there. And let me just say that one day, after we were dating just a couple weeks, he wore a similar uniform (minus the helmet) into my place of employment to say hi to me, and all my co-workers came running back to the tech station saying, "SOMEONE has a really hot Army Major here to see them and Jill (front desk girl) is SOOOO JEALOUS!!!

But I digress....



Oh- before I move past digressing. That picture is actually one of Rick and his brother Dave (who was stationed in Iraq at the same time.) If you squint and look really hard you can see a piece of Dave's sleeve beside Rick. So Dave's sleeve made it into the Gahanna Lincoln High School Hall of Fame. Not bad since they moved and Dave didn't end up graduating from there himself anyway (Neither did his sleeve for that matter.) Man I'm tired.



Here's the WHOLE pic...


Now this is a really cool pic on many levels. First of all, to have them both over there at the same time (which is scary yes, but a cool photo op) and for them to be able to link up for fifteen minutes (a nearly impossible accomplishment) and get a photo this good are all pretty amazing feats in and of themselves. And how about the fact that they both came back from scary assignments unscathed. Of courseTHAT'S the best part.





BUT here's the next best part. In this first pic Rick and Dave had their helmets on.


That's how they had greeted each other after not seeing each other in a while. They had someone take picture number one. Then, Rick said, "Let's get one without our helmets on."

When they removed them Rick was shocked to see Dave had shaved his head!!! He had done so on a bet of some kind for his troops. Once it was done he decided he liked it (as his hair was slightly receding anyway.) So he kept it.







Now he looks like Chris Daughtry
from American Idol (last year) who is pictured below.












And here's a closeup of Dave. No jazz patches allowed when you're a major in the Army.





Just as cute as Daughtry in my opinion (even though seeing his younger brother bald still makes Rick giggle like a teenager with some good ammo to pull out anytime he needs a quick and painful hit.) Only unlike Mr.Daughtry, Dave doesn't sing as far as I have heard. He can Dance though.



Here are some pix of him at our wedding dancing VERY well.




And by the way, for all of you women out there who aren't familiar with our family, that beautiful woman he's dancing so very well with in the picture is Shannon. His WIFE. So you'll have to stick to dreaming of Chris Daughtry instead. Because your chances are better with a famous rock star than my brother-in-law :)




OK.... back to the wonderful event TODAY :)

Rick gave a wonderful and witty speech the likes of which I had never heard from him in his Major days. Although I admit I entered the picture when he only had a few speeches left as an ROTC instructor at Kent.

Rick also gave me a beautiful and sentimental thank-you in his speech and had the boys bring flowers to me, his mom, Adri and Anna. I wondered what he was up to because the day was already several hours long for all of us and I was planning on taking Anna out of the auditorium for his speech if she were to become fussy (which, of course, she did.) But Rick was suspiciously insistent that I stay for his speech.

Anna ended up being very good for most of it, at least until the flowers came and Adri wouldn't let her rip hers up. Anna even tossed in a loud "Hi!" right on cue when she heard Rick mention her name (wonder where she gets that????) Rick improvised, shouting "Hi!"right back to her. Of course the audience liked that a lot. Way to go Anna.

Rick got a lot of laughs from the house as well. Especially when he told the story of how he helped win a football game. After the third time Rick tripped a player twice his size and therefore too big to tackle outright, that player growled at Rick when waiting for the next snap. So while still waiting in position, Rick asked him, "What's the matter? Don't you like playing with the 'big boys?' In response the huge player opposite Rick picked him up and THREW him... FAR. In front of an official who called a penalty which put them at first down and in position to score the tying touchdown which brought the eventual overtime win. (Wow... I just now realized the effect Rick's presence in my life has had on my football vocabulary. EEK. Note to self- read more spirituality and theatre books TOMORROW!)

The point of the football story? There are many different ways to utilize your assets to assist others in winning. The students dug it.

Anna got pretty fussy at that point and I started to head out as he wrapped up his speech. He mentioned a really difficult and unpopular teacher who's class he struggled through. This teacher's name resulted in a huge moan combined with laughter from the students. Evidently, she retired many years ago, but still tortures Gahanna Lincoln Lions students as a substitute.

Imagine... you find out your teacher's sick and are thinking "FREE DAY!!!!" only to find out this mean, older than dirt teacher has come back from the depths of retirement to wreak havoc on more students!!!! Because she didn't get enough of it the first FORTY-some years she did it. Of course the reaction could have simply been to Rick's having had the teacher in the first place. As in, "Man... that OLD guy had her????? And she's still ALIVE?"

You know we are in our mid-late 30's now. That's like 100 in adolescent years. (There's some ammo for you Dave :)

After the event we went out to dinner with a former guidance counselor of Rick's, as well as his high school football coach (who was the one who nominated him for the Hall of Fame.) We went to a really cool restaurant called Cap City Fine Diner. It was very good and kid friendly. And I must put in a mom plug for this place too. I think whenever I discover a place that not only has baby changing stations in the restrooms, but also stocks them with the sanitary changing pads they're ALL supposed to have but most do not... I must honor them with my "mama's favorite baby spots" label . OK enough on that. The food was slightly expensive but they weren't stingy with a "plate charge" when we shared, so we ate better portions and spent less than we would have. It was excellent tasting too. Which I'm sure is what they are most interested in me passing along your way.

Before heading home, we made one last stop by a pizza joint called the Big Cheese. Oh- and just in case anyone from said "joint" is reading, that's the term I use for the cool places where the locals eat, but try to keep a secret from the tourists so they can keep it to themselves.

Oh and no we weren't still hungry. We were stuffed non-stop all day as it was. The reason we stopped there is that it's owned by some ex-inlaws of Rick's, who he hasn't seen in a few years. I wasn't sure how they'd react to Rick showing up with me, the boys, and Anna given the circumstances. But I have already had the chance to get to know one of Rick's ex's sisters, and she has been incredibly nice to me and has a very soft spot for Anna in particular. So I hoped for the best and was not at all uncomfortable. They warmly greeted us and were very friendly toward me. They seemed very gracious people that I am very pleased to have met. It was just like meeting any other old friends of Rick's :)

And the grand finale to our day? Had a "lovely" drive home with an EXHAUSTED baby who had missed not one but TWO of her daily naps, and arrived home well past her bedtime. The other three hoodlums were not completely well-behaved on the ride back either, which only contributed to Anna's inability to fall asleep (why can't babies DO THAT when they're tired???) And the older kids can help it and should know better. Oh well. Tomorrow night (I mean tonight by the time I post this!) it will be just Anna and us.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh.....
With just Anna home and her off to bed by 8:30, it's almost like having a built in date night every other week! People who think having to share your kids with their other parents once and a while as "missing out" have no idea what they're REALLY missing out on! (That will irritate my kids nicely and pay them back for their behavior on the drive back today ;)

So after all that digressing I have my own thank-you to post.

Rick, thank-you for making me first on your list of those you wished to thank, for an honor that you earned well before we even met :) As one person said to me after the ceremony, "Wow...you have some sweet husband there!"

I do. I know it. And don't any of you ever think I don't revel daily in my luck finding him on life's journey. Sometimes I revel more than once or twice in one day :)

Well... off to bed I go. Rick was exhausted from the events of today and headed up hours ago. I'm fading fast. Please excuse any grammer/mispellings. I will surely find ten of each tomorrow. Especially when DG reads this fills me in on them :)

Good Night!


Z

Shhhhh......

Update on the Secret DVD. My sister bought it, but I'm not sure I want to view it now. From what I've heard there are a few more flaws than the book. And they're BIG ones. In a post I wrote a few weeks ago, I voiced my initial concerns about both the book and the DVD.

Basically, I feel that you don't attract EVERYTHING good or bad into your life. I feel that they have sensationalized a lot regarding it being a "secret" in the first place in order to gain publicity and therefore increase sales. And most importantly I am always wary of any person, no matter how enlightened they are, proclaiming knowledge to "absolute" truth. We each have our own version of truth, and even the best historians have their own (personal) history creating a certain level of bias.

But having spoken with several people who have seen it, and having watched quite a few shows other than Oprah (who was a huge fan and likely allowed them to soar in sales) I felt I needed to post some more concerns. Apparently, the DVD focuses a LOT on gaining material bliss. Also it makes extreme claims of self healing that are disturbing. So if you view, do so with caution. I don't think every person can heal themselves or make every monetary dream come true. Those achievements and disappointments are an important part of life lessons for us all. The universe does still exert a certain amount of randomness and chaos even to the best people.

The book may have the same focus, but perhaps because MY focus is not there I haven't noticed it as much. When I read I'm editing based on my own philosophies and experiences where as in a movie there's a lot more power to the presenter (in my opinion.)

All that being said, I still have to tell ya. Either I am highly intuitive to certain events in my life before they occur, or I can attract SOME awesome things my way. Either way, I still think that positive energy begets more of the same. At least that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Z